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Jackson College Students To Get Credits For TV Chemistry Course

Jackson State College will join more than 250 colleges and universities offering credit for the Continental Classroom course in Modern Chemistry to be telecast during the 1959-60 academic year over NBC TV network. The 160-lesson series begins Monday, September 28, and terminates Friday May 27, 1960. Locally, the program will be seen from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. over station WLBT TV.

President Jacob L. Reddix, in announcing participation by Jackson State College, explained that the course is designed primarily for high school science teachers. "Others interested in obtaining a better understanding of recent developments in chemistry who are eligible to enroll for credit may do so," he pointed out. All inquiries should be addressed to Dean H. T. Sampson.

Modern Chemistry is the second college-level TV course for credit to be offered on a network basis. Last year the CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM offering was Atomic Age Physics. The viewing audience, comprised of over 400,000 persons, included approximately 15,000 teachers. This course, taught by Dr. Harvey E. White, vice-chairman of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley, will be re-run over the network from 6:00 to 6:30 a.m. local time.

Modern Chemistry will consist of a study of the fundamental principles of chemistry and a survey of recent developments. Structures of chemical species will be stressed, particularly the relationships of these structures to the chemical and physical properties of substances. Jackson State College, like all participating institutions, will have local autonomy in implementing the program. It may utilize the network course at no cost and charge regular tuition. Students may earn three quarter hours each semester.